About
Carol Dysinger directed the short documentary LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) which won both the OSCAR® for best short documentary and the BAFTA for best short. It also won best documentary short from IDA and at Tribeca Film Festival 2019.
Her 2023 feature length documentary ONE BULLET tells the story of her own friendship with the mother of an Afghan teenager who was shot in front of his house, dying of his wounds two years later - and the scars left on their family by the experience. The film has won the Galway Film Festival Best International Feature, and was an official selection at the Doc Edge Film Festival in New Zealand. It will play the Double Exposure Film Festival in Washington, DC in November, and the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in March, 2024.
She recently completed the short documentary COME HUNGRY: A DAY IN THE LUZHOU NIGHT MARKET, a food-inspired look at 24 hours in the life of food-cart chefs and their customers in the historic Luzhou Temple district of Taiwan, which is available to stream now on the service Taiwan Plus.
Dysinger is also known for her feature length documentary CAMP VICTORY, AFGHANISTAN, compiled from 300+ hours of footage gathered over the course of three years. It premiered in competition at SXSW 2010, and played at the Museum of Modern Art Doc Fortnight and the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Funded by Sundance Doc Fund and Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the film later appeared on Public Television.
Prior to directing documentaries, Professor Dysinger edited many documentaries and features, including DEADLINE for Big Mouth Productions (Sundance, and NBC), RAIN for Lola Films, M. Scorsese Executive Producer (Sundance, Venice International) SANTITOS for Springall Pix, John Sayles Exec (Sundance, Guadalajara, San Sebastian) and PUNK (Warners) which was a finalist for a national Emmy.
As a screenwriter in Los Angeles, she co-wrote several scripts for Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox and Sam Goldwyn Productions, and A CHRISTMAS STAR with Fred Gwynne and Ed Asner for Disney. She wrote several independent features BURNTOWN for HBO Independent, and FAT GIRLS FROM HELL for Sheila Mclaughlin. Her short films screened widely and won several awards including the Student Academy Award for Best Dramatic and the Hugo Award. She is the recipient of the David Payne Carter award for excellence in teaching.
Carol was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is currently developing a hybrid, interactive live documentary depicting her experience in war with Kevin Cunningham and 3LD Inc.
About
Carol Dysinger directed the short documentary LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL) which won both the OSCAR® for best short documentary and the BAFTA for best short. It also won best documentary short from IDA and at Tribeca Film Festival 2019.
Her 2023 feature length documentary ONE BULLET tells the story of her own friendship with the mother of an Afghan teenager who was shot in front of his house, dying of his wounds two years later - and the scars left on their family by the experience. The film has won the Galway Film Festival Best International Feature, and was an official selection at the Doc Edge Film Festival in New Zealand. It will play the Double Exposure Film Festival in Washington, DC in November, and the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in March, 2024.
She recently completed the short documentary COME HUNGRY: A DAY IN THE LUZHOU NIGHT MARKET, a food-inspired look at 24 hours in the life of food-cart chefs and their customers in the historic Luzhou Temple district of Taiwan, which is available to stream now on the service Taiwan Plus.
Dysinger is also known for her feature length documentary CAMP VICTORY, AFGHANISTAN, compiled from 300+ hours of footage gathered over the course of three years. It premiered in competition at SXSW 2010, and played at the Museum of Modern Art Doc Fortnight and the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Funded by Sundance Doc Fund and Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the film later appeared on Public Television.
Prior to directing documentaries, Professor Dysinger edited many documentaries and features, including DEADLINE for Big Mouth Productions (Sundance, and NBC), RAIN for Lola Films, M. Scorsese Executive Producer (Sundance, Venice International) SANTITOS for Springall Pix, John Sayles Exec (Sundance, Guadalajara, San Sebastian) and PUNK (Warners) which was a finalist for a national Emmy.
As a screenwriter in Los Angeles, she co-wrote several scripts for Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox and Sam Goldwyn Productions, and A CHRISTMAS STAR with Fred Gwynne and Ed Asner for Disney. She wrote several independent features BURNTOWN for HBO Independent, and FAT GIRLS FROM HELL for Sheila Mclaughlin. Her short films screened widely and won several awards including the Student Academy Award for Best Dramatic and the Hugo Award. She is the recipient of the David Payne Carter award for excellence in teaching.
Carol was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is currently developing a hybrid, interactive live documentary depicting her experience in war with Kevin Cunningham and 3LD Inc.